Kimberly-Clark (NASDAQ:KMB) reported quarterly earnings of $1.86 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.81 by 2.71 percent. This is a 24 percent increase over earnings of $1.50 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $4.080 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $4.090 billion by 0.25 percent. This is a 17.21 percent decrease over sales of $4.928 billion the same period last year.